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Letters Patent No. 67,494, dated August 6, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, D. BRNETT, of Bedford Station, Westchester county,New York, have invented anew and improved Elevated Bedstead; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enablel others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the i i accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which- Figure 1represents a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are detail sectional views, to be herein referred to.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l The objectof this invention is to so arrange bedsteads in apartments where room isto be economiz'ed that the same may be completely concealedl duringday-time and' whenever they are not used.

The invention consists in suspending the hedstead by means of ropes orcords frfomthe ceiling of the room in which they are arranged, the ropespassing over pulleys that are provided in the'ceilngs, so that bypulling the ropes thev bedstead may-be elevated to the ceiling and befitted in a recess provided therein for its reception. Theb'edstead willthen be wholly out of thewayi When to be used it can be easily let downto the loor or he suspendeddat a proper height above the same, as maywhele'siggi Its underiilimay be inlgid with.. panels, and itssides providedwith mouldings and decorations of any suitable description, so that whenelevated the under side of the bed will forrn an ornamentA forthe'ceiling.V y

A represents a. bedstead of suitable construction. To its four cornersare secured thc lower 4ends of wire or other ropes B, which pass'overpulleys a a that `are arranged in the ceiling Cof the roomin which thebedstead is placed. These ropes pass down through a partition or wall,D, and are wound upon a drum, E, which is hung in the said partition,and which is provided with a crank, b, so as to 'be wthlneasy reach. Aratchetwheel, c,'is mounted on the drum, and a pawl, d, is provided inthe partition'` to engage in the vteeth of the ratchet-wheel, as isclearly shown in iig. 2, which is a crss-section of the drum. By turningthe crank I the' bedstevad can be raised or lon-ered at will, and by thepawl d it will be retained Vin any position. Any other I device foroperating the bedstead may be uppliedwith equal advantage, andvI do notconfine myself to the use of any particular one of them. The head andfoot-boards c e of the bedstead can be made tofold down, being hingedtothe vends of the bedstead, as shown. The legs F can bc-made to slideintoV the. corners of the bed 4sten-d. In the lattervare or may beprovided tubes G G for the reception of the legs, said tubes beingslotted,

asshown in iige3, which is a. side view of` a leg aud tube. A pin,f, enthe leg,p asses through thel slot in the tube, in which side slots areformed, as shown, to hold the legs up-or down. Any other device formoving the legs may be used, or the Ilegs may be4 dispensed withaltogether, as the bedstad can be suspended like ahammock. When thebedstead is elevated the legs, if there be any, should or may beconcealed, while they are drawn out when the bedsrtead is lowered, as isshown hyrcd lines in lig. 1. The ceiling is Yprovided with a recess,into which the bedstea'd fits, when elevated; ample room is provided inthis recess for the bedding, as shown. The under eide of the bed-bottomis paneled or'otherwisc ornnmcntcd, so that` it will decorate theceiling when elevated. I

This invention will be of great value in ships, stores,land crowdedbuildings, and in all places where room is scarce, or where the bed istofbc concealed, although it cannot be dispensed with. -l: am aware thatsliding legs, in themsclves considered, are not new, and Idoonotthercfore -claim them; but, having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'The combination oi a bedsteud, which can be raised or lowered by thedevices substantially as described, with the slidings legs, as hereinset forth for thel purpose specified.

, D. BRNETT.

Witnesses:

WM. F.'MeNsmanA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

